Started sharpening for other people...

huntnfishin

huntnfishin

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About five years ago I really got into sharpening. Tried a few systems and stones and settled on splash and go Shapton pro stones. I was obsessed with getting the best edges I could freehand. I practiced a lot and got decent at it and started sharpening knives for all my family and friends. Anyhow...with Covid and the pandemic I am stuck here in Los Angeles trying to stay safe and all so I post in the Nextdoor app if anyone in my area needs a blade sharpened hit me up. Buck fifty an inch. I have started to work on others knives and today this guy comes by with this really chipped up stainless Damascus Santoku that had about 1/4” missing from the tip. Totally dull. I tell him to come back in a half hour and I filed the tip profile then went to work with my course stone. Then the 1000, then the 2000 etc till I am on the leather strop. I get it drifting through receipt paper and he comes back. I show him how sharp it is and tell him to not put it in the dishwasher anymore (handle was way faded from it...) and he smiles and says wow my wife wanted to throw that away and get a new knife.

Felt real good helping him out. Anyhow don’t know how much I will actively pursue this new enterprise but it has been fun so far to see faces say Wow...

Just thought I would share. Hope everyone is safe and well out there!
 
Thanks yeah it has been fun. I for the longest time thought I would never be able to hand sharpen. I used crap stones and my dull knives got duller and I quit. I tried a jig setup and that drove me nuts. Then I splurged for decent stones watched a few vids on utube and boom. Hair poppin. Fun.
 
Good deal, good feeling isn't it :-) I have some shapton glass, 500 & 1000. 1000 feels like a piece of glass or marble to me. Way hard.
Wondering if that's normal?
 
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